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Minding the Gap: How AI Reveals Who Is Missing from Mental Health Care

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Examine how artificial intelligence helps researchers identify overlooked communities and challenge assumptions about mental health care.

Millions of Americans living with mental health conditions…

Will County 4-H General Project & Cat Show Weitendorf Ag Education Center July 11, 2026 - 8 AM

Will County 4-H General Project and Cat Show

County: Will

Come join us at our Will County 4-H General Project and Cat Show to check out the accomplishments of our youth's hard work from the past year as they compete for prizes and a chance to represent…

Kankakee County 4-H Dog Show July 11, 2026 7:30 AM Kankakee County Fairgrounds

Kankakee County 4-H Dog Show

County: Kankakee

Come join our youth and their four-legged friends as they show off everything they've learned and achieved over the past year. The dog show schedule is below. 

Kankakee County 4-H Dog Show…

Will County 4-H Dog Show Wilton Township Community Building July 13, 2026 - 9 AM

Will County 4-H Dog Show

County: Will

Come join us at the Will County Dog Show to check out hard work our 4-Hers and there four-legged friends have put in this year. The schedule of events for this year's show is below.  

Will…

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Heart of America Grazing Conference

Explore how regenerative grazing can grow livestock operations.

Producers can stay in the loop on what’s moving in the world of regenerative grazing by attending the 2026 Heart of America Grazing…

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Superbugs Don’t Follow Orders: How Antimicrobial Resistance Spreads from Animals to Humans

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Confront the rise of drug‑resistant infections by learning how antimicrobial resistance moves between animals and humans.

What happens when antibiotics stop working? Drug-resistant infections are…

Kankakee County 4-H Hoof and Rail Market Animal Show July 20, 2025 6:30 p.m. Kankakee County Fairgrounds

Kankakee County 4-H Hoof and Rail Market Animal Show

County: Kankakee

Come check out the hard work out livestock youth put into their market animal projects during the Hoof and Rail Market Animal Show at the Kankakee County Fairgrounds.  

Kankakee County 4-H…

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Swede Midge and IPM Field Day

Summer Small Farm Field Day Series
County: Cook

Tiny Pests, Small Spaces 
July 21, 6- 8 pm 
Windy City Harvest's Legends Incubator Farm, 4431 S Federal Street, Chicago, IL   
Dr. Kacie Athey, Illinois Extension Pest…

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Understanding GLP-1 Weight-Loss Medications: Clinical and Societal Impacts

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Uncover what current science reveals about GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic, including long-term use and the broader questions they raise about access and affordability.

GLP-1 medications such as…

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4-H Alumni Round-Up

Hosted by DuPage County Fair
County: DuPage
4-H Alumni Day at DuPage County Fair

Calling all 4-H Alumni! Join us at the DuPage County Fair to reconnect with your roots and celebrate multiple generations shaped by 4-H. What better place to…